What a waste. Review on Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai

Durga (Amisha Patel) lives with her mother (Suhasini Mulay). Inspite of Durga being blind she has a special gift, she makes beautiful clay statues, a skill she learnt from late father. Durga meets the handsome Rohit (Arjun Rampal), who works for a fertilizer company. He is impressed by Durga's art and beauty and they both fall in love with each other. Later, Rohit takes Durga to an eye hospital, where the operation proves to be successful, but before the bandage is taken off from Durga's eyes, Rohit goes to arrange for their wedding. On the way, villians try to kill Rohit, and in this incident, both Rana and Rohit die.

When Durga learns about Rohit's death, she tries to commit suicide, but is saved by Dr. Prasad. Durga relates her story to Dr. Prasad who now considers her to be his daughter. He goes to Switzerland for work and takes her along for a change. In Switzerland, Durga meets Raj (Bobby Deol), who is a rich man and at their first meeting, Raj falls in love with Durga. Raj tries to get close to Durga but Durga gets annoyed with his behavior. Then one day, Raj takes Durga to his house and shows her his dear friend, Rohit's photographs. He tells her that even he is suffering the loss of his best friend. Dr. Prasad convinces Durga that Raj is a very good boy and that he wants to get married to her. Durga agrees to get married to Raj and so the family prepares for the wedding. Raj and Durga get engaged.

Raj now comes to know that his childhood friend, Rohit is still alive. Raj brings Rohit home and introduces him to Durga. Rohit is stunned to see Durga there, but Durga does not recognize him as she has never seen him.

If the synopsis sounds familiar, it´s because HTPH is a film that has been made in Bollywood many times before; there is nothing in this outdated saga that hasn´t already been done to death by countless productions before it. The hackneyed plot, in fact, reads like a virtual check-list of the most trite Bollywood clichés from the 80´s and 90´s.

The lone actor worth watching in the enterprise is Bobby Deol, who is continuing to solidify his status as one of the most versatile, bankable, and talented actors in Hindi commercial cinema today. He serves as a reminder of the kind of aesthetic the film should have had - unpretentious about its populist intentions, but still sincere enough not to insult audience intelligence.

Amisha overacts and fails to convince of her character. Arjun is unable to conjure even a hint of the forcefulness and conviction of a skilled performer.

Humko Tumse Pyaar Hain with its utter lack of charge and conviction, is just not worth a watch.